#70s television

[autismsupersoldier]

biblically accurate columbo

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Wednesday 29 March.

Welcome Home.

It's good to be home... or is it? Because that, friends, would seem to be the central premise of the latest fascinating ARG from the bright, dark mind over at @partycoffin. And that is because their latest brilliantly disconcerting creation #welcome home is unraveling in more ways than one, and the good folk of the dashboard simply can't get enough of its intrigue, character designs, and aesthetic. What would appear to be a charming, Muppets-style vintage kid's television program would appear to be hiding some altogether darker secrets in an unsettling, colorful mystery that is left to you to piece together.

Whatever it's about, it's a certain fact that you good folk have quickly amassed a fandom community dedicated to the mysteries at the heart of #welcome home; full of fanart, theories, and gifs. We can't wait to see how it all plays out.

[retropopcult]

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Saturday morning TV bumper - NBC (1979)

[astralbondpro]

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus // Episode Two: William Tell

[vintage-tigre]

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Wednesday, July 12.

1970s.

Ah, those were the days...

...not that we were there, of course. But we can sure as sugar pretend: listen to dusty vinyl records, grow our hair in all manner of styles, write on typewriters, watch films from the innovative "New Hollywood" directors such as Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Barbara Kopple, and Francis Ford Coppola if we're feeling artistic, neigh, intellectual (or sit down with Star Wars, Jaws, Rocky, and Saturday Night Fever if we're not), go to a lot of protests, recall our most grisly, harrowing memories from 'Nam, wear high-waisted trousers, and try to sneak into Fleetwood Mac's ever destructive, irresistibly sexy inter-band drama. 

In short, there was a lot happening in the 1970s, or indeed, the #70s, all of it big, bold, colorful, yet earthy, and very often brilliant. It was a decade of immense cultural, political, and societal change, much of it for the better, and much of it that, at the very least, continues in spirit to our own day. The 70s is not such a period of time, indeed, but a state of mind. 

[stone-cold-groove]

Angels in chains.

[thegikitiki]

America's Most Exciting Home Video Game, 1975

[misterwhirly]

Lynda Carter

[leche-flandom]

I think it's interesting that they made Columbo so nice, especially in comparison to the hardboiled detectives in other cop shows. Like when he tells Johnny Cash, "A guy who sings like you can't be all bad" and it's like, Frank, sir. He jumped out of a plane to commit double homicide. He BOGOed murder, Lt. Columbo.

[astralbondpro]

Monty Python's Flying Circus // S03E02: Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular

[officialjanetweiss]

That Girl (1966-1971)

[hellyeahgeorgekennedy]

George Kennedy on the set of The Blue Knight (1976)

[paradisetoki]

i watched the newest subbed episode of tantei monogatari just now (episode 4)!! i wish these episodes came out more often, i would honestly sacrifice my first born if it meant that these eps came out a bit faster lmao.

after having not watched anything with yusaku matsuda in it for a while just seeing kudo being silly really brings a smile to my face :DD

and omg!!!!!!!! the outfit he wears in this episode is the same one that he wears in the closing!!! i was looking forward to when he would wear this, it's super stylish :00

my fav ep still is currently 2, but this was still very solid!! plenty of fun moments that had me giggling. i wish matsuda did more comedic roles because he really is a charismatic and funny actor

also we got to see matsuda doing some singing which is always fun to see since i'm a fan of his music. he's just this really raspy and gruff voice that is very distinctly his. it's a bit of an acquired taste and i may just like it because it's yusaku matsuda but i still thought that it was really neat to see :)

some aesthetic pics for the hell of it

also holy shit i have a postcard of this exact screenshot sitting on a cork board in my bedroom i got so hyped when i saw this moment in the show lol

(apologies for the shit quality pic btw this is the only image of my cork board that i could find on my camera roll and i'm away from my house rn lol)

[kuzakvanowenshays]

Diana Muldaur + Dennis Weaver in McCloud (1976)